A recent report has suggested that for working aged people, faith is more a matter of private selection than of social or family tradition.
The Institute for the Impact of Faith in Life (IIFL) conducted a survey of greater than 2,000 adults who claimed to have experienced a change of their religious beliefs.
The survey found that 44% of 18 to 34 12 months olds got here to faith out of a desire to have a private reference to God, while 48% did so due to a wish for moral clarity, meaning or purpose. Forty per cent said they wished to experience personal transformation or healing.
A major proportion of young people, 27%, said that the advantages faith brings to their mental health were a key a part of their belief.
Despite the apparent desire to seek out moral clarity in religion, many young people said they’d failed to seek out it.
More than half of 18 to 34 12 months olds said they felt the world was “increasingly unfair” and of those, 70% said this apparent unfairness led them away from their faith. Only 17% of 18 to 34 12 months olds said their faith helped them make sense of the world’s suffering and injustice.
The research also checked out the explanation why people leave their faith. The commonest reason was not believing in God or the supernatural, although other common reasons centred on disagreements over doctrinal, ethical and philosophical questions.
Those aged 18 to 34 were found to be more likely than those 35 and above to go away their faith, typically for the explanations outlined above.
The report’s creator, Rania Mohiuddin-Agir, said, “Overall, these findings highlight a generational shift: younger adults are prioritising authenticity and mental consistency over community ties.
“When these elements are missing or in conflict with their values, they’re much more more likely to step away from faith than to keep up belief for the sake of social or familial expectation. This reinforces the broader trend of religion becoming an increasingly individualised and self-directed journey among the many 18-34 cohort.”
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